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Max Pechstein Art

German, 1881-1955

Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Brucke in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures.

From 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings. Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work. He died in West Berlin. He is buried on the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.

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Return of the Fishermen - Fishermen German Expressionism
By Max Pechstein
Located in London, GB
This chalk drawing is signed and dated in pencil by the artist "HMP 1931" in the lower right image. Note: The drawing was created in the region of Pomerania, Northern Poland, near t...
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1930s Expressionist Max Pechstein Art

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Chalk

"Woman Desired by Man" original woodcut
By Max Pechstein
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue refere...
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1920s Expressionist Max Pechstein Art

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Die Grosse Befehl - Illustrated Book by Max Pechstein - 1933
By Max Pechstein
Located in Roma, IT
Die Grosse Befehl is an original Rare Book illustrated by Hermann Max Pechstein (Zwickau, December 31, 1881 – Berlin, June 29, 1955) and written by Johanne...
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1930s Expressionist Max Pechstein Art

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Paper

DER SCHATTEN II - Rich Drypoint - 1st State
By Max Pechstein
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAX PECHSTEIN (1881 -1955) DER SCHATTEN II 1918 (Knupp 79, Fecher 143 I/ii) Rich drypoint, signed and annotated, FIRST STATE. Image: 8 1/4 x 6 inches on japan paper; 15 x 11 1/4 i...
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1910s Expressionist Max Pechstein Art

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Drypoint

NACH DEM BAD (AFTER THE BATH)
By Max Pechstein
Located in Portland, ME
Pechstein, Hermann Max (German, 1881-1955): NACH DEM BAD (AFTER THE BATH). Krueger R 118. Etching and drypoint, 1920. Signed in pencil. Published by Die Schaffenden...
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1920s Max Pechstein Art

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Nude Female Figure Baby Family 1910's Black and White Original Lithograph Signed
By Max Pechstein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Three Seated Figures- Women (Frauen)" is an original lithograph from the "South Sea (Sudsee)" series by Max Pechstein. This lithograph depicts th...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Max Pechstein Art

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Weiblicher Akt
By Max Pechstein
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce, early lithograph on Japan paper. Signed in pencil by Pechstein.
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1960s Expressionist Max Pechstein Art

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Two Heads
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Dialogue, from: HM Pechstein Woodcuts Zwiesprache: HM Pechstein Holzschnitte
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